William Byrd Primary Academy

About William Byrd Primary Academy

William Byrd Primary Academy is a state primary in Hillingdon that currently educates 592 pupils against a capacity of 708, meaning it has some room to grow but is clearly in demand. The school’s intake reflects a significantly higher-than-average proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals, at 27.7% compared with the national primary average of around 23%. That context matters when interpreting its academic profile. The school is oversubscribed for Reception places in 2025/26, receiving 113 applications for 75 total places, with 70 first-preference offers made. That gives an oversubscription ratio of 1.51, a solid signal that local families are choosing it. The school is non-religious, co-educational, and includes a nursery provision for three-year-olds, so it serves the full primary age range from nursery through to Year 6.

Academically, William Byrd sits in the middle of the pack nationally but below the local average for Hillingdon. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results, 62% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, just below the Hillingdon LA average of 64%. That places the school 36th out of 55 primaries in the borough, in the bottom half. The school’s strongest individual subject at expected level was writing, at 81%, followed by reading and maths both at 74%. At the higher standard, maths led with 30%, then writing at 23% and reading at 13%, while just 7% hit the higher threshold across all three subjects. Average scaled scores were 105 in maths and 103 in reading. The school’s most recent Ofsted inspection in October 2023 awarded a Good rating across all categories, a notable improvement from its previous Requires Improvement judgement in 2019. Behaviour, leadership, early years provision and personal development were all rated Good.

The school offers a practical range of facilities including a sports hall, gymnasium, playing fields, music rooms, art studios, an ICT suite and a sensory room, plus a chapel on site. Sports include athletics, swimming, tennis and football, and clubs run the gamut from eco and gardening to coding, film and science. For SEND, the school has provisions for moderate learning difficulty, speech, language and communication needs, autistic spectrum disorder, social, emotional and mental health needs, and other difficulties or disabilities. Given its improving Ofsted trajectory, slightly below-average but solid KS2 outcomes, and clear local demand, William Byrd suits families who want a well-resourced, inclusive primary that is on an upward path, particularly those whose children may benefit from the SEND support on offer or who value the nursery provision.

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